Pakistan
Washington’s “good war”
Death squads, disappearances and torture in Pakistan
By Bill Van Auken, September 16, 2009
Reports from Pakistan’s Swat valley of the disappearance, torture and execution of civilians at the hands of the military death squads expose the reality of the so-called “good war” prosecuted b...
Obama’s AfPak war intensifies on both sides of border
By James Cogan, August 29, 2009
The number of US and NATO occupation troops killed in Afghanistan during 2009 reached 301 yesterday—already the highest annual toll of the eight-year war.
US presses Pakistan for offensive in South Waziristan
By K. Ratnayake, August 22, 2009
Washington sent its special envoy Richard Holbrook to Islamabad this week to pressure Pakistan into launching a major offensive in South Waziristan.
Violence sweeps northwest Pakistan in wake of Mehsud assassination
By James Cogan, August 15, 2009
The civil war between the US-backed government of President Asif Ali Zardari and Islamist and tribal militants is escalating in the wake of the assassination of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehs...
The assassination of Baitullah Mehsud
By James Cogan, August 8, 2009
The American political establishment and the US media, along with Washington’s client government in Islamabad, are reveling in the reports that missiles launched from an unmanned US Predator drone o...
Two days of US drone attacks kill nearly 80 in Pakistan
By Barry Grey, July 9, 2009
The United States fired multiple missiles from pilotless drones on Wednesday in two separate attacks on insurgents in Pakistan’s South Waziristan district, killing up to 60 people.
US drone strike kills 80 Pakistanis
By Tom Eley, June 25, 2009
A US drone on Tuesday fired missiles into a funeral gathering in the Pakistani region of South Waziristan, killing as many as 80 people and maiming dozens more.
Pakistani military begins offensive in Waziristan
By James Cogan, June 23, 2009
The Waziristan offensive follows bloody fighting and mass civilian displacement in the Swat Valley and other districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
AfPak war depopulates and devastates north-west Pakistan
By James Cogan, June 1, 2009
The Pakistani military claims to have largely shattered the Islamist militant movement in the Swat Valley, Lower Dir and Buner districts.
Millions displaced as Pakistani military extends its offensive
By James Cogan, May 28, 2009
The Pakistani military is deepening its assault against Islamist militants in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) district of the Swat Valley and beginning to extend its campaign into other ethnic...
Two million rendered refugees by fighting in Pakistan
By Vilani Peiris, May 25, 2009
The Pakistan military offensive against pro-Taliban militia in the country’s North-West Frontier Province has produced a massive humanitarian crisis. More than one-and-a-half million people have fle...
Obama’s AfPak war engulfs Pakistan’s Swat Valley
By James Cogan, May 23, 2009
The Pakistani military assault into Buner, Lower Dir and the Swat Valley has rapidly degenerated into the savage collective punishment of entire Pashtun communities.
